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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 02:45 AM
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Electrical / wiring / lighting question

1990 Camaro RS question: When I have the steering wheel in the normal driving position, the dimmer switch doesn't work.
If I put the wheel all the way up, the switch works fine.
Also, several times when I tried to switch between brights & dims, the headlights went out all together for a second, but came right back on.
What causes this & how do I fix it? It's not fun having to move the column every time I need to switch.
I might end up putting some small fog lights under the core support somewhere just to guarantee that I will have some lighting in case the headlights go out. Any recommendations on small / low profile lights? How about LED's? Thanks!
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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 11:46 PM
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Re: Dimmer switch question

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1990 Camaro RS question: When I have the steering wheel in the normal driving position, the dimmer switch doesn't work.
If I put the wheel all the way up, the switch works fine.
Also, several times when I tried to switch between brights & dims, the headlights went out all together for a second, but came right back on.
What causes this & how do I fix it? It's not fun having to move the column every time I need to switch.
I might end up putting some small fog lights under the core support somewhere just to guarantee that I will have some lighting in case the headlights go out. Any recommendations on small / low profile lights? How about LED's? Thanks!
Any info is appreciated.
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Old Jun 19, 2013 | 02:17 AM
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Re: Electrical / wiring / lighting question

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steering wheel in the normal driving position, the dimmer switch doesn't work.
put the wheel all the way up, the switch works fine.
What causes this & how do I fix it?
Would say you answered your own question

The switch is most likely out of adjustment ,a common problem with age

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/elec...placement.html (post # 6 )
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/elec...placement.html
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/post...681-post5.html

If you can't work that out do this
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/elec...ch-repair.html
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Old Jun 19, 2013 | 11:09 PM
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Re: Electrical / wiring / lighting question

.... Yeah... I figured it had something to do with the dimmer switch, I just didn't know what to look at first or if there was adjustment on it.
Thanks for the links!
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